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... I can see it working quite easily if all the players are on one side - but with players on opposing sides then balance becomes a real problem....
John Kantor
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Oct 3, 2005
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2679
... last ... Conflicts would be handled just like in G&PL. And there are just as many advantages to going first in a turn as last - particularly since I'd use...
John Kantor
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Oct 3, 2005
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We've been without a game for a week or so, talk of the Beau Jeste game sounds interesting but has not immediately materialized so I'll run a game. It is based...
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Oct 7, 2005
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Plot Summary for Zulu (1964) On the January 22nd 1879 the British Army suffers one of its worst defeats when Zulu forces massacre 1,500 of its troops. A short...
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Oct 7, 2005
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Attached is a picture of a map and a picture of the station before the battle....
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Oct 7, 2005
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I'd like to play. I volunteer for the Zulu side. Marcus ... From: MatrixGame2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MatrixGame2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of hamster@... ...
Marcus Young
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2684
I'd like to play Henry Hook (can't remember the film in detail off hand, ut Hook was controversial, wasn't he?) I like controversy! Dorian Love ... From:...
Dorian Love
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Oct 8, 2005
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On Friday 07 Oct 2005 20:45, hamster@... wrote: Hi Yes please, I am keen to play. Peter...
Peter Lloyd-Jones
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Oct 9, 2005
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2686
There was an interesting article posted on the 20mm wargaming group by a Russian critiquing the effectiveness of US armor in Iraq. ...
John Kantor
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Oct 10, 2005
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I noted with surprise this evening that John's latest post (which incidentally I found quite interesting- particularly the link) had been censored by Chris in...
Marcus Young
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Oct 11, 2005
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2688
... Hi There is only one thing worse that irrelevant posts, and that's references to irrelevant post which apparently I have not received! One wonders what...
Peter Lloyd-Jones
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Oct 11, 2005
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2689
Hi Now that is odd, it is there in the archives! I will read it and forget my principles! Peter...
Peter Lloyd-Jones
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Oct 11, 2005
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John wrote this after his note on 20mm wargames was posted. If you don't want some of my more controversial messages to be posted, you need to delete them -...
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Oct 11, 2005
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Hi Chris I think you made the point when you spoke about "your house". This is your house and we are the guests. You invite us in then your duty as host is...
Peter Lloyd-Jones
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Oct 11, 2005
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I don't think a counter insurgency game has to be off limits it just needs to be about something other than recent events. For instance - The American...
Chris Engle
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Oct 11, 2005
5:17 pm
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Okay, I have to pass this on. It's just too weird not to. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/11/world/main933310.shtml...
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Oct 11, 2005
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Chris, I am going to need a lot of therapy after watching that cartoon. Post a warning or something! My ideal cartoon would be Friday the 13th -- Smurfs Up....
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Oct 12, 2005
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I back Chris on moderating the post. I do it all the time in my group and make no bones about it. I even god forbid attach a response to a post. Saves time and...
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Oct 12, 2005
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2696
John Pardo(?) wrote an article on magweb about designing a Guatamala 1954 game where one side played the CIA and the other side played the Arbenz regime. He...
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Oct 12, 2005
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2697
... I like this suggestion. It takes me out of the role of editor and puts me in the role of a Holywood producer saying "Can you rewrite this? We think you...
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Oct 12, 2005
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I knew you had set it up so that my posts have to be approved. I didn't know whether this one would go through or not when I wrote it. When it appeared after a...
John Kantor
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Very effective - but also very misleading since we all know who (and what war) the image of the bombs will be linked to. For Africa it would be much more...
John Kantor
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Oct 12, 2005
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The producer or editor are good metaphors for moderating a group. Groups have editorial slants or they aren't groups. It's best if you can keep your ego out of...
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Oct 12, 2005
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The idea of Belgian kids running around saving Smurfs from American Imperialism tickles my funny bone since it's so psychotronic-- psychotic and electronic....
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Oct 12, 2005
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Has anyone here read any of the recent stuff in WD's Nugget about the idea of "fail chips"? I'd be interested in what people think if they have. Graham...
Graham Evans
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Oct 13, 2005
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... I haven't but am intrigued by the title. Can you tell us anything about it? Chris Engle...
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Oct 13, 2005
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2704
... The idea is that in a matrix game if you have a succession of unlucky argument fails, it rather ruins the game for you. As youy know in the British version...
Graham Evans
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Oct 15, 2005
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I like this idea, it could be subject to some abuse, but overall I like the idea as long as it's a gentleman's game....
dylanalliata
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Oct 16, 2005
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2706
... Perehaps....a player could "throw" an early argument in order to increase chances of succeeding later in the game. I'd see that as tactics rather than...
Graham Evans
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Oct 16, 2005
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Also the existence of the chips would cause tactical players to favour lower percentage "knockout punch" Arguments early on, because either the player would...
Marcus Young
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